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The volume of foreign aid has increased during the last four decades, albeit with interruptions in certain years. Over time, the major recipients have changed: while the share of aid to Asia has diminished since the 1980s, that destined for sub-Saharan Africa has grown. There is some evidence...
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This paper assesses whether conditionality in IMF-supported programs has helped offset the potential negative effect of …-income countries-shows that growing use of revenue conditionality by low-income countries partially offsets the depressing effect of … foreign grants on tax revenue, particularly on taxes on goods and services. The impact of conditionality is strong in …
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Does policy conditionality worsen domestic welfare, as governments are forced to attempt unpopular reforms resulting in … damaging protests, or does conditionality help implement reforms that otherwise would have been impossible? This paper analyzes …
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This paper analyzes the macroeconomic impacts of the creation, accumulation, and use of counterpart funds. It draws attention to the importance of including counterpart funds in the design of macroeconomic policies to ensure their consistency. It shows that the creation or accumulation of...
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on the principles of South-South cooperation, focusing on mutual benefits without attachment of policy conditionality …
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Counterpart funds generated through foreign currency or commodity aid have again become an issue of interest, in view of the substantial buildup of these funds. Contrary to the usual approach a model is developed in this paper, which takes account of the budgetary impact, supply-side and money...
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This study aims to identify policies that influence the development of financial institutions as measured across three dimensions: Dept.h, efficiency, and stability. Applying the concept of the financial possibility frontier, developed by Beck & Feyen (2013) and formalized by Barajas et al...
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When donors and recipients have different preferences over budgetary allocations, conditionality helps the …, conditionality entails an inefficient allocation of resources. Under such conditions, the optimal amount of conditionality varies … observable, conditionality can be used to prevent recipients with a weak commitment to poverty reduction from obtaining aid funds …
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This paper assesses the macroeconomic implications of scaling up aid for Benin in line with the Gleneagles commitment to double aid to poor countries over the next three years to reach $85 per capita by 2010 and keep it at that level thereafter. The analysis suggests that the additional aid...
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